A friend of Mayor Rob Ford has been granted bail after being charged with marijuana trafficking.

Alexander Lisi, 35, of Toronto, who was investigated for his attempts to retrieve a video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine, appeared in Old City Hall bail court Wednesday, around 3 p.m. He was also facing charges of possession of the proceeds of crime, possession of marijuana and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, police said Wednesday.

Police evidence against him is subject to a publication ban.

Lisi smiled when he entered the basement courtroom. He was dressed in a grey sweater and had a small scrape below his right eye.

Justice of the Peace Catherine Shonicker granted $5,000 bail and Lisi agreed to conditions that include living with a court approved surety, to not have any contact with his co-accused and to have no more than one cellphone. Lisi is not permitted to possess drugs or weapons.

Lisi and another man identified by witnesses as the owner of Richview Cleaners, at Richview Plaza at Eglinton Ave. W. and Wincott Dr., were taken into custody during a police raid on the small Etobicoke dry cleaning shop around 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Jamshid Bahrami, 47, also of Toronto, is charged with possession of cocaine, three counts of trafficking in marijuana and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.

The two men were identified Wednesday morning in a Toronto police statement.

Bahrami will be released on $5,000 bail with his wife as a surety. Though he is not permitted to possess drugs or weapons as specified in the Criminal Code, he can possess medical marijuana if he has a permit. He can only have one cellphone and cannot have any contact with Lisi. He will be allowed to return to his place of work, the Richview dry cleaners where the arrests took place.

Bahrami appeared solemn faced and blinked rapidly as the conditions of his bail were read out.